JOYCE — Crescent boys basketball coach Chris Ferrier was pleased with the balance from his squad in a 60-38 win over a good Clallam Bay team, which dropped to 10-3 on the season.
The Loggers improved to 14-2 on the season after Tuesday’s win, bouncing back from a loss this weekend to red-hot Neah Bay.
Crescent scored at least 14 points in every period as Dom Sprague led the Loggers with 18 points. Henry Bourm scored 17, Mikah Love 11 and Lukas Love 8.
In addition to these four players, “we got great leadership from Conner Bauers who didn’t score a lot but definitely put on his leadership cap,” said coach Chris Ferrier.
“Lukas Love had another big rebounding game. Henry Bourm was fantastic,” Ferrier added. “Dom Sprague hit three big 3s against the Bruin zone in the second quarter to give some breathing room. I just can’t say enough good things about these young men.”
Clallam Bay was led by William Hull with 13 points, while Coletyn Hull had nine and Parker Prater and Dylan Simmons each had six.
Crescent played Chief Kitsap on Wednesday after press deadline. The Loggers have a rematch with the Bruins in Clallam Bay at 7:15 p.m. Friday. Clallam Bay played at Neah Bay (9-3) on Wednesday after press deadline.
Crescent 60, Clallam Bay 38
Clallam Bay 11 6 9 12 — 38
Crescent 14 15 15 16 — 60
Clallam Bay (38) — W. Hull 13, C. Hull 9, Prater 6, Simmons 6, Pollitte 2, Cruz-Lopez 2.
Crescent (60) — H. Bourm 17, Sprague 18, M. Love 11, L. Love 8, Bauers 3, Watson 2.
Port Angeles 68, Olympic 45
PORT ANGELES — In a physical game, the Port Angeles boys basketball team overcame foul trouble and was able to pull away from an 0-8 Olympic squad to win 68-45.
The game featured 48 foul shots as the Roughriders’ Isaiah Shamp, Kason Albaugh and Parker Nickerson got into foul trouble.
Coach Kasey Ulin said the bench did a great job in the third quarter as Shamp, Albaugh and Nickerson all had to sit.
“They did a phenomenal job getting some separation,” he said. In that third, the reserves helped push a six-point lead to 13.
Donovan Heins led the bench players with six points, all from the free-throw line. Ten different Riders scored as the bench contributed 18 points.
Ulin said that, with all the foul calls, the Riders had trouble getting into an offensive rhythm. In fact, the Trojans were down just 34-28 about halfway through the third quarter. Shamp had a bucket and drew a foul for a three-point play and less than a minute later, Gus Halberg made a bucket on a drive to the basket and was fouled for another three-point play as the Riders were able to open the lead up to 40-30.
A Dallas Dunning basket, Nickerson 3-pointer and Shamp basket opened the lead to 52-36 and the Riders never looked back.
Nickerson led the Riders with 20 points and four steals, including a steal that led to a thunderous dunk. Shamp had 13 and Albaugh 10.
The Riders (7-2, 11-5) have a big game at home at 7 p.m. today against Bainbridge (7-3, 9-5), followed by another huge game Tuesday, hosting first-place North Kitsap.
Port Angeles 68, Olympic
Olympic 7 12 15 11 — 45
Port Angeles 12 17 18 21 — 68
Port Angeles (68) — Nickerson 20, Shamp 13, Albaugh 10, Heins 6, G. Halberg 5, Sohlberg 4, Hope 4, Angevine 2, Dunning 2, A. Halberg 2.
East Jefferson 52, Seattle Christian 49
SEATTLE — The East Jefferson boys basketball team battled back to nip Seattle Christian on the road 52-49, getting above .500 in the Nisqually League and on the season.
Seattle Christian went into the fourth up 38-37 but the Rivals were able to get past the Warriors with contributions from numerous players. Brody Moore led the team with 15 points, while Aiden Stepanski had 12 points and seven rebounds.
Keiden Guzman had a great all-around game with 10 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and two blocks, while Stuart Dow had seven rebounds and 10 blocked shots.
East Jefferson (5-4, 6-5) will host Klahowya (4-5, 6-7) at 7 p.m. today at Port Townsend High School.
E. Jefferson 52, Seattle Christ. 49
EJ 10 15 12 15 — 52
SC 11 12 15 11 — 49
East Jefferson (52) — Moore 15, Stepanski 12, Gusman 10, Holmes 5, Brown 5, Mercado 3, Dow 2.
North Kitsap 92, Sequim 44
POULSBO — The Sequim boys basketball team wrapped up the most difficult stretch of its schedule with a 92-44 road loss to North Kitsap, one of the top 2A teams in the state.
Mason Rapelje led the Wolves with nine points, while Solomon Sheppard had seven. Keenan Green, Lars Wiker and Charlie Grider all scored five.
The Wolves just had four straight games against the top teams in the Olympic League — Port Angeles, Bremerton, Bainbridge and North Kitsap. Three out of four of those teams are ranked in the top 13 in the state. Sequim (3-7, 8-8) gets a little bit of a break at 7 p.m. Friday at North Mason (2-8, 5-10)
North Kitsap 92, Sequim 44
Sequim 12 14 13 5 — 44
Nort Kitsap 25 19 29 19 — 92
Sequim (44) — Rapelje 9, Sheppard 7, Green 5, Wiker 5, Grider 5, Melnick 4, Gray 4, Little 3, Schmadeke 2.
Crescent’s Conner Bauers, left, takes an off-balance shot as Clallam Bay’s Parker Prayter, right, puts up interference on Tuesday in the Crescent gym. Looking on at center is Crescent’s Peyton Watson. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Crescent’s Mikah Love, center, charges downcourt paced by Clallam Bay’s Mauncio Cruz-Lopez as Clallam Bay’s Coletyn Hull follows behind on Tuesday night in Joyce. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Crescent’s Henry Bourm, front left, aims for the rim circled by, from left, Clallam Bat’s Coletyn Hull, William Hull and Parker Prater on Tuesday at Crescent. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
